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title: maypole — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «maypole» in the school dictionary: A maypole is a tall pole decorated with flowers and ribbons, which people dance around on May Day. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# maypole

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**Who acts:** maypole, people, We, children · **What happens:** be, decorate, dance around, dance, cover, hold · **To what, where:** tall pole, village, maypole, ribbons

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«maypole» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [maypole in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/maypole.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A maypole is a tall pole decorated with flowers and ribbons, which people dance around on May Day.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maypole:m1:1
# text = A maypole is a tall pole decorated with flowers and ribbons, which people dance around on May Day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maypole	maypole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	around	around	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a maypole | a tall pole |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **decorate** | participle |  | a tall pole *not said here* |  |  |  | with flowers and ribbons | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme |
| 3 | **dance around** | present | people | a tall pole |  |  | on May Day | around *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We danced round the maypole in the village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maypole:x1:1
# text = We danced round the maypole in the village.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	maypole	maypole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | We |  |  | the village |  | round the maypole | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The maypole was covered in bright ribbons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maypole:x2:1
# text = The maypole was covered in bright ribbons.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maypole	maypole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past · passive |  | the maypole |  |  |  | in bright ribbons | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in ribbon=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The children held the ribbons and skipped around the maypole.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maypole:x3:1
# text = The children held the ribbons and skipped around the maypole.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	skipped	skip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	maypole	maypole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the children | the ribbons |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ribbon=Theme |
| 2 | **skip** | participle | the children *not said here* |  |  | the maypole |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around maypole=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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